After last winter when we found the Cedar Brook trail nigh impassible, we were curious how it looked during the summer. Well, summer is gone, and we realized winter is coming soon. Saturday morning, we emailed friends hoping someone could join us and help with the car shuttle. Thor was available for Sunday. He brought […]
Brookline NH held a big parade for their 250th anniversary. The town asked the airport pilots to join the parade with a fly over. It is an excuse for all of us on the airport plus some friends to do something together. Mike was going to tow a giant banner. Ed and Chris wanted to […]
This is the 9th day of our flying tour to Utah and Idaho. Before leaving Utah, Tyson wanted to see two more airstrips — Dark Canyon North and South. We overflew Dark Canyon South. It was washed out, but it must have been impressive to land when it was usable. The runway ran straight to […]
Of all the places for the Bearhawk landing gear to break, a grass field in southern NH was much better than out in Utah, or even a paved runway. That being said, a hayfield next to a popular restaurant, isn’t the best place to leave a damaged airplane, so we needed to get the airplane […]
Mid-September update on the hangar. Most of the site work is done. The site crew had to import crushed stone and bigger gravel for the taxiway and apron. Without it, the trucks kept sinking into the sand. We are waiting until after the outside of the building is done before we pave. They dug up […]
Making some progress on the hangar. By beginning of September, the foundation was in and most of the site prep was done. We knew the utility lines to the house would be going straight through the hangar foundation. The one unexpected hiccup, was we had lots of loam on our property, and not so much […]
We went kayaking at a new spot in Maine, Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport. It’s just north of Cape Porpoise. In fact, we were planning to go to Cape Porpoise, but we discovered the tides were wrong for the causeway launch. Goose Rocks Beach was a good launch site. It may be too busy to […]
To have seen some of everything on our big Utah trip, we still needed to land alongside a big river, hike a slot canyon, and see ancient Pueblo ruins. We could fit all that in one day with a quick landing at Mineral Canyon, then on to Fry Canyon for the day’s hike.